Bio:Previously a Russian submarine captain before being tapped as the commander of the SDF-1. As captain, he oversaw the building of the Macross battle-fortress and most of the robotechnology built to defend it and Earth. He successfully commanded it, and saved most of the survivors of Macross City. After the initial Robotech War, he was overseeing the rebuilding of Earth and a new SDF-2, when he was killed in battle during Khyron's final attack in January 2014.